Species

Mammillaria flavicentra

Mammillaria flavicentra

Mammillaria flavicentra

Mammillaria flavicentra Backeb. ex Mottram is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Mammillaria.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXS, MEXICO, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXCME, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXSGR, MXCTL, MXSNA, MXCMO, MXC_DF, MXC; Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or lithophyte, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Mammillaria flavicentra Backeb. ex Mottram". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50425669-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria flavicentra". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8031589

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